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Here's who would benefit from the latest $3 trillion coronavirus relief package
The Democrats' Heroes Act is built around almost $1 trillion for states, cities and tribal governments to avert layoffs, focused chiefly on $375 billion for smaller suburban and rural municipalities largely left out of earlier bills . That's not almost as much as the USPS asked for from lawmakers last week. While ostensibly a bill created to provide further relief from economic struggles link... [Full Article...]
Saudi official suspected of links to 9/11 is identified by accident
In January, a spokesman told The New York Times that "Saudi Arabia is and has always been a close and critical ally of the USA in the fight against terrorism". "I have been advised that with regard to Defendant the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia .Plaintiffs allege that its agents and employees directly and knowingly assisted the hijackers and plotters who carried out the 9/11 attacks", Sanborn wrote i... [Full Article...]
Top UK court quashes Gerry Adams' prison break convictions
The Supreme Court said his 1973 internment was unlawful because it was not authorised by Willie Whitelaw, then secretary of state for Northern Ireland. The "momentous" decision on whether to detain a person without trial should have been made by the Secretary of State himself, a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court said. [Full Article...]
French pharmaceutical giant, Sanofi to make COVID-19 vaccine available
Worldwide, more than 90 vaccines are now being developed against Covid-19, with eight of them in the clinical trial phase. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said access for all was "non-negotiable". Trump, who faces re-election in November and is pushing for an early re-opening of the economy despite the world's highest coronavirus death toll, said he believed there would be a vaccine by the end... [Full Article...]
Israel West Bank annexation looms as unity government sworn in
The unity agreement would leave Netanyahu in power throughout a trial due to begin on May 24, the first such proceedings against a sitting Israeli prime minister, enabling him to maintain a powerful public pulpit in fighting back against what he has termed a political witch-hunt. [Full Article...]
Ontario reports 258 new COVID-19 cases, 33 more deaths
The province saw 309 new cases on Monday and 361 on Tuesday, both of which were an increase from Sunday's 294 new cases - the lowest number we've seen since late March and the first new case count below 300 in more than a month. The daily epidemiological report put out by Public Health Ontario includes data submitted up to 4 p.m. the previous day. The province has had nearly 23,000 residents ... [Full Article...]
Top Obama Officials, Including Biden And Clapper, Unmasked Flynn
USA officials may ask the National Security Agency to disclose to them the names of Americans who are swept up in the surveillance of foreigners and whose identities are concealed in intelligence reports if they believe the identity is essential in understanding the intelligence - and they do so thousands of times a year. [Full Article...]
Federal Bureau of Investigation and DHS accuse Chinese hackers of targeting US COVID-19 research
Asked on Monday about reports that the U.S. believed Chinese hackers were targeting U.S. vaccine research, Mr Trump replied: "What else is new with China? ". Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Iran-backed hackers targeted us drug maker Gilead, whose antiviral drug remdesivir is the only treatment that has so far shown to help patients suffering from COVID-19. [Full Article...]